Johnson



(No Model.)

G.. W. JOHNSON. NON-REPILLABLB' BOTTLE.

No. 572,012. v Patented Nov. 24, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W'ASHINGTON JOHNSON, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,012, dated. November 24, 1896.

I Application filed April 14,1896. Serial No. 587,539. (No model.)

Be it known that I, GEORGE WASHINGTON JOHNSON, college professor, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Non- Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in non-refillable bottles; and the object of the invention is to design a bottle of this class with such a stopper that will absolutely prevent the bottle from being filled again without the consumer being apprized very clearly of such fact; and it consists, essentially, of providing at the lower interior portion of the neck of the bottle a ledge, upon which is fitted a stopper with peripheral vertical openings, conical central recess, and a conical plug, and in superimposing upon such stopper a supplemental glass sleeve of peculiar form and provided with bottom openings, such sleeve being secured within the neck by plaster-of-paris or other suitable cement ina peculiar manner, and further in preferably providing for the bottom of the bottle a supplemental neck and capsule peculiarly connected thereto by plaster-of-paris, corks also being provided for both necks, and the parts being otherwise constructed as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1 is a sectional perspective view of a bottle constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail of the stopper. Fig. 3 is a detail of the conical plug designed to fit within the conical recess in the stopper. Fig. 4 is a detail of the retaining-sleeve. Fig. 5 is a detail of an alternative form of closing the bottom of the bottle, showing such form reversed.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Ais the bottle, of any suitable form, which is provided with a neck B, having an annular ledge bin the interior at the bottom of the neck. The top of the ledge 19 is preferably ground.

0 is a conical plug, preferably of glass, having the bottom also ground and designed to rest upon the ledge I) over the central opening 1).

D is a stopper having a conical recess,

which substantially corresponds in interior shape to the conical plug O, with the exception that the apex is made, preferably, slightly more acute or of a lessangle. The stopper D is also made, preferably, of glass and rests upon the inner portion'of the ledge Z) and has a series of vertical openings 61 extend ing around the periphery at desired distances apart.

E is a glass sleeve provided with the top flange e and a bottom annular shoulder e and bottom openings 6 The neck B is provided above the shoulder c with an annular groove b F is a packing of plaster-of-paris or other suitable cement.

The glass sleeve E is placed in the neck. The plaster-of-paris is fitted in between the fl nge e and shoulder e, and when the sleeve is placed sufficiently far in the neck so that the top of the shoulder e comes level with the top of the groove 12 the plaster is packed tight as possible and the glass sleeve is forced down into the position shown in the drawings, so that the plaster-of-paris or cement will completely fill up the space in the groove b and above the shoulder e. As the plasterof paris hardens it will be readily seen that the glass sleeve E will be locked in position and incapable of being withdrawn. It is preferable, and I may say necessary, however, in placing the sleeve in position that the openings 6 are so placed as to come between the tops of the openings d. It will now be understood that once the plasterof-paris is hardened the sleeve E and stopper D are absolutely secured in position free from any movement whatsoever. The conical recess in the stopper D, however, being larger than the conical plug O, permits of a limited movement of such plug O. I of course provide the usual cork G to close the bottle from the air.

At the bottom of the bottle I preferably have the usual raised portion H, but also have in the center a downwardly-extending neck I with an annular shoulder 2'.

I also provide a tween the shoulder't' and inwardly-extending flange j. \Vhen the plaster-of-paris hardens, the capsule is securely retained in position and can only be removed by breaking.

In Fig. 5 I show an alternative form of securing the lower capsule in position, such figure showing the bottom neck turned upside down. The capsule I is provided with an inwardly-extending flange if in this case. Instead of the plaster-of-paris-in this case I use spring-loops J secured around an annular groove j in the neck, and as the outer ends of the loops extend within the flanges t" it will be readily seen that once the capsule is pushed inwardly over the loops it will be impossible to remove such capsule again.

Having now described the peculiar construction of my bottle, I shall briefi y describe its utility.

Upon the bottle being filled with liquor or other liquid the conical plug and stopper D are first inserted and then the sleeve with the plaster-of-paris, which is allowed to set and thereby hold the stopper in position. The cork G is then to be put in. Upon opening the bottle the cork is withdrawn, and by tilting the bottle upside down or nearly so the conical plug C- will slide to the then lower side of the conical recess, thereby leaving an annular opening above the opening I). The liquor will pass through the opening I) and the annular opening down through the peripheral openings d and out through the openings e and sleeve E. The openings d and 6 may be of any desired size.

\Vhen the bottle is empty, it will be seen that if it is placed in the normal position shown in the drawings it will be impossible to pour any liquor into it, as the base of the cone-shaped plug completely covers the opening 1). It will also be noticed that into whatever position the bottle may be tipped still the base of the cone-shaped plug will cover the opening I), and as the conical recess in the stopper D has its apex slightly narrower than the apex of the cone the base of such cone will, when tipped, be always wedged or held very firmly against the ledge Z), so as to cover the opening I). If the bottom of the bottle is made plain, it will readily be under-' withdrawing the cork K the bottle may be then filled from the bottom and a new cork and capsule substituted. It will ofcourse be understood in this connection that the capsule as well as the sleeve would have to bear the name and trade-mark of the manufacturer, and that it would have to state on the bottle that the contents are not guaranteed by the manufacturer if the capsule or sleeve is broken.

Instead of grinding the top of the ledge I) and the bottom of the conical plug 0 it will of course be understood that a layer of any suitable material might be attached to the bottom of the plug, so that it will fit closely upon the ledge.

hat I claim as my invention is-- A non-refillable bottle having a neck with a bottom ledge and central opening, a conical plug designed normally to cover such opening, a stopper with a conical recess of greater size than the plug and having peripheral longitudinal openings and a sleeve provided with an upper flange and lower shoulder, an annular groove in the neck between the flange and shoulder of the sleeve and plaster-of-paris designed to be inserted and fill the space between the flange and shoulder and the groove and openings in the bottom of the sleeve set intermediate of the peripheral openings in the stopper as. and for the purpose specified.

GEORGE WASHINGTON JOHNSON. lVitnesses:

B. BOYD, E. R. CASE. 

